diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
index 2228027..a4c5536 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ jobs:
       # Zig package manager expects everything to be inside a directory in the archive,
       # which it then strips out on download. So we need to shove everything inside a directory
       # the way GitHub/Gitea does for repo archives
-      - run: tar -czf ${{ runner.temp }}/${{ github.sha }}-with-models.tar.gz --format posix --exclude 'zig-*' --transform 's,^,${{ github.sha }}/,' *
+      #
+      # Also, zig tar process doesn't handle gnu format for long names, nor does it seam to
+      # handle posix long name semantics cleanly either. Let's try ustar
+      - run: tar -czf ${{ runner.temp }}/${{ github.sha }}-with-models.tar.gz --format ustar --exclude 'zig-*' --transform 's,^,${{ github.sha }}/,' *
       # - name: Sign
       #   id: sign
       #   uses: https://git.lerch.org/lobo/action-hsm-sign@v1